LOL! So you DO set your standard by what's better than him!
We need to set standards using affirmative and independent benchmarks that speak to who we are and what we stand for, not to how much we aren't like him.
The last I heard, we didn't stand for international cooperation only when we were calling all the shots, and for that matter, we didn't stand for "first strike because we can". We didn't think that leadership consisted of "We'll do what we want and if you don't like it, to hell with you." That's very independent thinking, true, but it isn't leadership.
I've known household pets that have behaved with more humanity than Saddam. So the dog is better than the jackal. Do we settle for top dog, then? Is that all there is?
You make my point for me.
Regards--
Mary Anne